Posted on 09/02/2004 4:56:06 AM PDT by kattracks
New York (CNSNews.com) - A featured performer at a National Organization for Women rally accused President Bush of having "savagely raped " women "over and over" by allegedly stealing the 2000 presidential election.
Poet Molly Birnbaum read aloud to a crowd of feminists gathered in New York's Central Park on Wednesday night, as part of a NOW event dubbed "Code Red: Stop the Bush Agenda Rally."
"Imagine a way to erase that night four years ago when you (President Bush) savagely raped every pandemic woman over and over with each vote you got, a thrust with each state you stole," Birnbaum said from the podium. (If something is pandemic, it affects many people or a number of countries.)
"A smack with each bill you passed, a tear with each right you took until you left me disenfranchised with hands shackled and voice restrained. Thanks for that night, Mr. President, I can barely remember my tomorrows," Birnbaum said to applause.
Birnbaum's reading was followed by a performance by Gina Young, described as a singer of "feminist folk punk." Young's song included the following verse about Bush:
"I got better grades than you, you stupid boy W. Your dad was a killer, too, and you know that nobody voted for you," Young sang as the crowd erupted in applause.
"I object not just to this war, but to all of the things that you stand for, like dropping bombs to lower the price of gas. I guess the Constitution is just some piece of scrap paper you use to wipe you're a**, you bastard," Young sang to more applause.
Another poet, Stacey Ann Chin, declared from the podium that men have no right to tell women not to have an abortion.
Men will not decide "if I am allowed to eject something from my womb. Be it rape or error, it has always been my right, always been my body to do with as I choose," Chin screamed to cheers.
Chin said she wants her message to be so powerful that Bush will cower in fear.
"I want to be that voice that makes George Bush so scared he hires two butch black bodyguards. I want to write the poem that the New York Times will not print because it might start some kind of black or lesbian or even a white revolution," Chin said.
'People bought the lies'
Kim Gandy, NOW's president, warned that her daughters are going to live very different lives if George Bush is reelected.
"In the next four years, he could do so much damage to the environment, to civil rights and civil liberties, to reproductive rights, to our anti-discrimination laws," Gandy said in an interview with CNSNews.com.
"The world that they (her daughters) grow up in will be totally different if we don't win this election," Gandy added.
A Bush victory in November would mean that "people bought the lies" of the Bush administration, Gandy said. "I hope that people will wake up and pay attention and not just believe everything they see on television, but I know there is a danger there," she added.
"Bulls*** about no sex'
Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, condemned the Bush administration for its policies toward women.
"You can't be for women if you are not for women's rights," Lieberman said.
Lieberman also took a shot at abstinence-based sex education, declaring her support for "real sex education, not this bulls*** about no sex." The crowd roared its approval.
"We are not some fringe lunatics, we are the people. We are the mainstream of America," she added.
The crowd carried signs reading, "Keep your politics out of my vagina," "The religious right is neither," "I don't want a president who believes that I am going to hell," "Keep your God out of my government, keep your laws off my body," and "War is not pro-life."
Earlier in the rally, U.S. Rep. Major Owens, a New York Democrat, warned a crowd of feminist protesters that the Bush administration is taking America "into a snake pit of fascism."
Owens also said the Bush administration "spits on democracy" and is leading the country down a path reminiscent of "Nazi Germany."
See Earlier Articles:
Bush Leading America Into 'Snake Pit of Fascism,' Congressman Says
Protesters Denounce Fox News for 'Twisted View' of World
Protestors Clash With Police at GOP Convention
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Great article. I could feel the love. Cant call them feminazis because that would be insulting to the nazis. Cant call them hatefilledwordchallengeddelusionalits because that is just to long. Any ideas?
What a kook.
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Venus: Tell me a little bit about the newest play you worked on.
Gina Young: It was called phone|sex|cancer and was about a 17-year-old girl who is coming out as a dyke while her mom is diagnosed with breast cancer and her girlfriend is transitioning female-to-male.
The entire cast and crew was comprised of young queer grrrls-- two high school students played creepy cute fairies that function like the greek chorus. There is an all-girl punk band on stage throughout the show. We had a three week performance run off-off Broadway at the WOW Cafe Theater, which is the world's oldest continually-running women's theater.
V: How did you get involved in playwriting?
G: I got involved in playwriting out of sheer pissed-offedness at the sorry state of theater these days. What I found most inspiring when I studied acting was the sheer LACK of good material. Where are the roles for women? I mean, roles that aren't two-dimensional bitches or prostitutes? (not that there's anything wrong with being a bitchy prostitute, but
the vast majority of plays weren't written BY sex workers themselves, which would be infinitely more interesting--you know what I mean?) So yeah, I kind of started writing
plays by accident because we need more substance out there.
Oh yeah, I can feel the love coming from those women! ;o)
Thank you for juxtaposing this thread with your other post about John Edwards. It really underscores the hypocrisy and blindness of our opponents.
Good job!
You know, if I had a nickel for the number of times I'd heard THIS old story......
Geez, these people need to get in the real world. Does this stuff happen? Sure. (In the case of cancer, all too often) But are Lesbian male-to-female transitioners mainstream? Inasmuch as these wackos would like it to be, no.
"A featured performer at a National Organization for Women rally accused President Bush of having "savagely raped " women 'over and over'"
Her fantasy, perhaps??
We are not some fringe lunatics, we are the people. We are the mainstream of America," she added. ""
If this is the mainstream, she is standing in the most polluted river in America. Time for a toxic cleanup. She goes first.
Don't worry Kim.
They will have the right to deny you grandchildren, Hag!
Perhaps it is time to consider the improvement to the gene pool if there are no grandchildren of this hag.
She certainly says absolutely NOTHING that applies to me or appeals to me. She embarrasses me.
NOW has been one giant cockoo's nest of severe mental illness since its inception.
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